In force, Feb.[February] 23, 1841.
An ACT for the benefit of the persons therein named.
1Duty of canal com’rs.[commissioners]
Sec.[Section] 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, That the canal commissioners are hereby authorized and required to grant a cer-
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tificate of purchase of lot number seven, in block number twelve, in the town of Ottawa, to Henry Dagget, John Shuler, Edward W. Curtis, and Lucius P. Sanger, as assignees of Conrad Sebaugh, upon condition that they pay to the treasurer of said canal board all moneys due
from said Sebaugh for said lot, on or before the fourth day of July, one thousand eight hundred and
forty-two.
Patent to be issued.
Sec. 2. Upon the production of said certificate to the Governor, he is hereby authorized to execute a patent for said lot to the above named Dagget, Shuler, Curtis, and Sanger, as assignees of said Sebaugh.
Approved, February 23, 1841.
1Responding to a petition, Abram Dodge from a select committee introduced HB 52 in the House of Representatives on December 24, 1840. On January 4, the House referred the bill to the Committee
on the Judiciary, which reported back with a substitute for the bill on January 5.
The House approved the substitute and on January 6, they passed the bill as amended.
The Senate passed the bill on February 18. On February 23, the Council of Revision approved the bill and the act became law.
Illinois House Journal. 1840. 12th G. A., 153, 171, 184, 186-87, 194, 443, 461, 466, 494; Illinois Senate
Journal. 1840. 12th G. A., 142, 165, 169, 331, 339-340.
Printed Document, 2 page(s), Laws of the State of Illinois, Passed by the Twelfth General Assembly (Springfield, IL: William Walters, 1841), 208-09, GA Session 12-2,